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How capitalism underdeveloped Appalachia: The economic truth ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ ignores
December 1, 2020It’s a tough trip for J.D. Vance and the viewer, but as the ride bumps along, it stays safely above the larger issues that actually shape the afflictions of Appalachia.
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Miners’ union president Cecil Roberts talks climate change, pensions, and more in D.C.
September 5, 2019Some politicians wish miners would just disappear.
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Cleanup workers left sick and dying after coal ash spill
August 28, 2019The Tennessee Valley Authority, long respected for providing good jobs and cheap electricity, is facing a growing backlash over its handling of a massive coal ash spill.
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Trump’s new coal rules will bury rural America
August 8, 2019People of color and white rural populations are going to suffer the most from the EPA’s war on renewable power.
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Unpaid Harlan County miners sitting in and blocking coal trains
August 2, 2019Never piss off a coal miner, especially if you haven’t paid him for weeks – and then try to ship the last load of coal he dug out of the mountains out of town.
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